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Heavy fog fell over parts of central China Sunday, further clogging a transport system already paralyzed by weeks of snow, a day after a stampede by frustrated train passengers stranded for days in southern China killed one.

The weather -- the country's worst in five decades -- has paralyzed China's densely populated central and eastern regions just as tens of millions of travelers were seeking to board trains and buses to return home for this month's Lunar New Year.

The fog covered parts of Hunan -- one of the provinces hit worst by the freak winter storms -- delaying flights and bringing road traffic to a standstill, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Read full article »

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